Kawardha State

Kawardha State (Hindi: कावर्धा) was one of the princely states in the Central Provinces of India during the period of the British Raj.^[1] The capital of the state was Kawardha town, in Kabirdham district of Chhattisgarh state.Rajgond Dyansty ruled.The Bhoramdeo Temple is located less than 20 km to the west of the main town.

Kawardha State was founded in 1751. According to legend, its name would have originated in Kabirdham, Kabir's see, the current name of the district. In former times, many Kabir panth adherents resided in the town. The kawardha rulers Belong to Raj Gond Nagvanshi Kshatriya dynasty.^[2] Kawardha State's last ruler, Thakur Lal Dharamraj Singh, signed the accession to the Indian Union on 1 January 1948, so the state territory was merged into Bombay State, following its splits first assigned to Madhya Pradesh, finally to Chhattisgarh.

The rulers of the princely state of Kawardha bore the title Thakur.^[3]

• 1751 – 1801 -Thakur Mahabali Singh
• 1801 – 1848 -Thakur Ujiyar Singh
• 1848 – 1852 -Thakur Tok Singh
• 1860 -Thakur Baijnath Singh
• 1863 – 1864 -Thakur Bahadur Singh
• 1864 – 1891 -Thakur Rajpal Singh
• 1891 – 1920 -Thakur Jadunath Singh
• 4 Feb 1920 – 15 Aug 1947 -

Raja Dharamraj Singh(1910 - 1959)

AFTER INDEPENDENCE THE HEAD OF ROYAL FAMILY.

• 1959 - 2007Raja Vishwaraj Pratap Singh

(1937 - 2007)

• RAJA Yogeshwar Raj Singh.Present Head.

   *Yuvraj Maikaleshwarraj Singh

• Eastern States Agency
• Chhattisgarh Division
• Political integration of India

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